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Defenition of the word regret

    • Defenition of the word regret

      • The wish something had not happened.
      • To wish that a past event had not happened.
      • regret strongly
      • be sorry; "I regret to say..."
      • decline formally or politely; "I regret I can't come to the party"
      • feel sad about the loss or absence of
      • feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about
      • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"
      • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment; "he drank to drown his sorrows"; "he wrote a note expressing his regret"; "to his rue, the error cost him the game"
      • be sorry; "I regret to say that you did not gain admission to Harvard"
      • decline formally or politely; "I regret I can''t come to the party"
      • sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
      • express with regret
      • decline formally or politely

    Synonyms for the word regret

      • apologize for
      • be apologetic
      • be disappointed
      • be remorseful
      • be repentant
      • be sorry
      • be unhappy
      • bemoan
      • bewail
      • compunction
      • deplore
      • disappointment
      • distress
      • express grief
      • feel sorry
      • grief
      • grieve over
      • guilt
      • lament
      • mourn
      • pang of guilt
      • remorse
      • repent
      • repentance
      • rue
      • ruefulness
      • shame
      • sorrow
      • unhappiness

    Similar words in the regret

      • regret
      • regretful
      • regretfully
      • regrettable

    Hyponyms for the word regret

      • attrition
      • compunction
      • contriteness
      • contrition
      • fear
      • remorse
      • self-reproach

    Hypernyms for the word regret

      • complain
      • decline
      • experience
      • feel
      • inform
      • kick
      • kvetch
      • miss
      • plain
      • quetch
      • refuse
      • sadness
      • sound off
      • unhappiness

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